Amanda Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts in German and International Relations from the University of Rochester. She has completed internships at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin and with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Faction of the Berlin House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin). While at the SWP, she conducted preliminary research for a working paper on a European Union banking union. With the SPD, she wrote analytical papers on minimum wage and compulsory child day care. She also worked for the compliance department in a mortgage lending bank Guaranteed Rate (GR) in Chicago, IL. While completing her MIA at the Hertie School in Berlin, she continued to work part-time for GR. She also completed an internship with the foreign direct investment consulting firm, Conway Advisory.
Master’s thesis title
Political Internet memes